The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-04-22
ENGLISH JOTTINGS.
From an occasional corrospo ndent.I

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the unexpected death of the lamented Prln-
/ cess IikeIike. The record OF her many vir-
tues was long since known in England by
those ever who had never been in Honolulu.
A stupid, sensational paragraph re-
! garding the death of Her Royal Highness,
was telegraphed from New York, and APP
peared in the Times OF the 4th March.
! 1t was contradicted by request the day FOL
I lowing. On the 18th March the &" Stan
! dard " published letter from Mr.. Iheo.
! II Davies in reference to the same subject.
! Speaking of the late Princess Likellke, he
| saws: This lady has been all her life asso-
ciated with the Foreign Society OF Homo
/ Iu, and most jealous member of the Eng
/ Ijsh Church there Her husband is Scot
fish gentleman. and together they have re
ceiyed at their beautiful home all travellers
of distinction who have visited Honolulu.
English tourists and naval officers have
constantly been recipients of their graceful
hospitality, and many will read with
amazement this report of one who was as
little likely to be influenced by heather SUI
persttion as almost any of your readers.
For friendly account of Princess Likelike
from one who knew her WELL permit me to
refer to Lady Brassey's Voyage in the Sun
beam. And may / beg that, as an old
friend of the deceased Princess and of her
husband, who is a friend of every friend of
Hawaii and of England | may be allowed
the privilege of publishing in your columns
this protest against what can be nothing
but the gossip of some thoughtless letter
write"
! Considering the large amount of money
annually expended on the leper settlement
! at Molokai by the Hawaiian Government,
some surprise was caused by the publica-
ton in the :" Times " of March 18th, of the
following letter from Father Damien:
THE LEPERs OF MoLoKAI-The Rev. H
! B. Chapman, vicar of st. Luke'S, Gambler
we'll has lately received the following letter
| from Father Damien, the priest among the
! leperS at MOlOkai:-'' KalaWaO, MolOkai,
| Sandwich Islands, January 20, 1887. Ny
Reverend and dear Sir.-Your two letters
! of December 1, with enclosed draft for 1915,
arrived safely on the 17tn inst. May your
/ highly appreciated endeaVOr to assist my
| unfortunate people be as a magnetic point
| to attract special graces upon you, your
! family, and all the generous contributors,
/ and thus be verified in each and every one
of you the words of the Holy Scripture,
Benefacit anime su3e vir mlsericOrs. a
|
/ And as the Angel Raphael says to Tobias,
Instead of concealing your gold, better is
! it to give aims which surely will deliver you
! from eternal DEATH and obtain for you
! Gods mercy and eternal bliss l greatly
! thank the charitable donors for the I'M
! bounded confidence they place in me for
/ the disposal and distribution of their gener-
! Gus gifts for the comfort of the needy and
unfortunate lepers. Being just now in the
| cold season. l send to-day to our Homo
| large
| to supply all our needy, without distinction
! of race or creed, with suitable cloth and
! other necessities. The balance of the fund,
whatsoever it may be, Will be kept in re-
serve for future wants. By the arrival of
those goods, the scent of the flower of Eng
! lish love will be greatly appreciated by a
! great many poor destitute sufferers whose
cold and benumbed limbs will feel again
/ the comfort of warm cloth. The majority
of the receivers will, without doubt, express
/ their thanks to all their benefactOrs, and
! offer a fervent prayer for them. Expect
| ing soon further communication from your
| reverence, / remain forever your affection
| ate friend in our Divine Lord, Oremus pro
/ inviCem, J. DAMIEN DE VEUsTER. Z. 81
| here enclose a few words in answer to a let
! ter of Margaret, who says she is friend
! of yours. As she writes not very clear her
| family name, | suppose it is best to pass
/ the letter to you, with my request to find
/ out who 1t IS, and send it to herr. D..
Notwithstanding that Lent is still OBJ
served very strictly IN many English cir
cles, society seems to have altogether for
gotten it's religious observance. Never i'll
the recollection of the coolest inhabitant,"
has much gaiety taken place in London
during the few weeks before Easter Par
| ties, dances, political receptions and diplo-
| matte functions have succeeded one another
! almost nightly.
| The Prince of Wales levees and the
| Queens Drawing Rooms have been very
! fully attended. At the first Drawing Room
| the private entree was not reserved to the
Diplomatic Corps alone, but the Queen
commanded all the members of the Gov
eminent to attend and kiss hands
an indispensable function upon appoint
ment to a Crown office. The result of
this was that the general circle did not
commence to file past the Queen before
quarter to four, and Her Majesty becom-
ing fatigued at four, retired and left the
remainder of the company to be received
by the Prince of Wales. The scene was
one of the most brilliant the varied cos
tunes of the Diplomatic Corps-amongst
which could be noticed the uniforms of the
Hawaiian Charge q Affaires and the Secre-
tary of Legation, with the gold embroid-
cred taro 1eaf-were very beautiful The
most noticeable costumes were those of
the Austrian Ambassador, black velvet
trimmed with the richest sable, decora-
lions and scimitar sparkling with Jewels !
and OF the Greek Minister, dark blue vel |
vet studded with precious stones, and leg
gings OF woven gold. The Queen wore |
black satin trimmed with sable, large |
number of orders, including the Blue
Ribbon and Star of the Garter, the Kohi-i- |
nor diamond as brooch, and on her head |
a veil surmounted by a small diamond
crown. A great number of the ROYAL
Family were present, aud altogether the
Drawing Room was one of the most bril-
liant ever held.
The Warehouses OF Salisbury had her
first reception this season at the Prime
Minister'S residence on March I'd. The
salons were particularly crowded Amongst
the numerous guests were the members of
the Government and their wives, the Am.
bassadors and Ministers of the Great